Posts Tagged ‘cutting’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Today I’m so grateful that I don’t EVER have to be that person that I used to be, and I believe that is the greatest miracle God or recovery could have ever given me. I’ve been through a lot, and today I consider myself a survivor.
What It’s Like Now
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
If I sat in a group of women in sobriety and point blank said, “I smoked crack, I sold my body for it, and now I’m living with the consequences,” they’d all probably relate. THAT right there, is the beauty of alcoholics anonymous as well as narcotics anonymous.
Forgiveness pt. II
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I believe the grief process is something that all of us go to not only when we lose people, but when we lose something. For me, I lost my drug and alcohol abuse – my main escape into oblivion.
Forgiveness
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
All in all… I think life is a learning process. Almost a trial and error thing. If something doesn’t work, do it differently next time.
It’s a Learning Process
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
About two months ago, my father wrote a post on Being a Dad Through Self-Injury. He came to me today saying that it had a lot of hits from people looking for help with self-harm themselves. Although his post was amazing and really opened my eyes on his perspective, it’s mainly focused on being [...]
Survival of a Self-Injurer
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